217 WEST 131 STREET is a prewar 1910 building, 11 units in Harlem, NYC. Owned by GANAHL, RAINER. Public records show 57 open violations, 73 311 complaints, 1 active litigation matter on file.
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§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES MISSING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT B-ROOM 4, 3rd STORY, 1st B-ROOM FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS MISSING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT B-ROOM 4, 3rd STORY, 1st B-ROOM FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
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West Harlem around 125th Street is the neighborhood's commercial and cultural spine — the Apollo Theater, Studio Museum, and a corridor of new development coexist with decades-old barbershops and West African restaurants. Columbia's Manhattanville campus expansion is reshaping the western edge.
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSI
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEV
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MON
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH L
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
UNSANITARY CONDITION — GARBAGE/RECYCLING STORAGE